COMPUTER GENERATED ART Background Copyright Karin Kuhlmann AREAS

COMPUTER – GENERATED ART Background: Copyright Karin Kuhlmann

AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE • Art and history of art • Mathematics Background from: http: //spanky. triumf. ca/pub/fractals/images/LYAPUNOV/AGURK. PNG

A NEW DEVELOPMENT IN KNOWLEDGE • Generated by computer software without further human intervention. • Uses math formulas – aesthetic ability of mathematics • Algorithms – set of rules • Difference between image manipulation software and computer-generated art

ART AND MATH • "Without mathematics there is no art “ – L. Pacioli • Not something new - Golden section, renaissance art and use of Euclidian geometry (perspecive)

Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens

‘The School of Athens’ by Raphael (1518), a fine example of architectural perspective with a central vanishing point

Mondrian’s rectangles (1 st half of the 20 th cent) Piero della Francesca, Baptism of Christ (1450)

ART REDUCED TO AN EQUATION

FOR AND AGAINST • New media (technique) → new possibilities of expression →more freedom for creativity • Can this be considered art? What defines an art work? How can we evaluate a work of art? → WAYS OF KNOWING

WAYS OF KNOWING • Reason – art often isn’t subject to reason, but certain criteria do exist • Emotion – a good piece of art evokes emotional response • Perception – is different if you know the work was done by a machine

ANALOGY TO READYMADE Marcel Duchamp, Fountain (1917) and Bicycle Wheel (1913)

EXAMPLES OF GENERATIVE ART http: //spanky. triumf. ca/pub/fractals/images/ACCESS/BIRD. PNG

http: //spanky. triumf. ca/pub/fractals/images/ENGSTROM/HOLO 0005. JPG

http: //spanky. triumf. ca/pub/fractals/images/LYAPUNOV/NEBULA. PNG

http: //spanky. triumf. ca/pub/fractals/images/LYAPUNOV/ISLE_OF_MATTER. PNG

http: //spanky. triumf. ca/pub/fractals/images/MOLSON/ARCHES. PNG

http: //spanky. triumf. ca/pub/fractals/images/MOLSON/FOLDS. PNG

http: //spanky. triumf. ca/pub/fractals/images/O/MISC/ATLANTIS. PNG

http: //spanky. triumf. ca/pub/fractals/images/OTHERS/STEELJULIA. JPG

http: //spanky. triumf. ca/pub/fractals/images/RAB_GALACTIC_PROLOGUE. PNG

http: //spanky. triumf. ca/pub/fractals/images/O/KIMONO 11. PNG

IN CONCLUSION • New technologies are inevitable, so why shouldn’t artists use them as well? • Everything what makes us less restricted should be given chance to develop further. • Art reflects society!

DISCUSSION • How do you know something is a good piece of art? What is your definition of it? • Do you think generative art can be considered alongside the ‘traditional’ works of art? Is it equaly valuable?

BIBLIOGRAPHY • http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Digital_art • http: //britton. disted. camosun. bc. ca/goldslid e/jbgoldslide. htm • www. aisb. org. uk/aibites • http: //www. doc. gold. ac. uk/~mas 01 whl/the mes/art. htm • http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Duchamp